markymarc18

Hey, @alder24... As someone who is in Camp Jasnah (I don't believe in a god/afterlife), I really appreciate your sentiment! That's an incredibly honest approach, and speaks volumes for your character. As long as you don't hate gay/trans people, you're pretty storming cool in my book.

Frost (or another dragon, but almost certainly Frost). Why? First, the vision was not brought by the Power of Honor (a child), the historical Nohadon (Ishar confirms he was a petty king), or Dalinar himself (he was confused and shocked by the taste of Shin bread eaten correctly). These seem to be the other popular contenders, along with the entity in my next point. Secondly, we can pretty safely discard any other entity (such as the "voice" of Adonalsium), since "Nohadon" references Midias/Wit/Hoid in real time. I don't find it plausible that the voice of the dead Uni-God is holding casual conversations with Wit. Lastly, we know dragons can take on human form. We know they can communicate across vast distances and have Cosmere awareness. We know Frost and his sister are both in frequent communication with Wit, specifically in regards to the Contest and the intricacies of its contract and Alethi code. So, my personal Frost theory is this: Frost has been in frequent communication with Wit about Roshar, ROdium, Dalinar, etc. Since Wit and Frost don't always see eye-to-eye on a Cosmere level (IIRC), Frost initiated the first atypical vision from Oathbringer (also, heavy allusions to dragons abound in the vision). He did so in a form that would be familiar to and respected by Dalinar, hence the "Nohadon" façade. Later, when Frost felt Dalinar's Ascension, he reached out to Dalinar/Honor (Donor? Dalonor? I'm still workshopping it...) to offer a solution in the same façade. So yeah, Frost.

Okay, my prediction on Kaladin's Fifth Ideal. Either it's: "I will protect all life/people." -- or -- "I will protect me from myself." There's a line from Moash/Vyre's first interlude in RoW that leads me to the former. Rodium has a toss-away line about Kaladin being ironically more dangerous to him long-term since he didn't join Dalinar on the Emuli front. I think that may indicate Kaladin is meant to stop killing The latter is because of Kaladin's history of depression and struggles with suicidal ideation. I dunno! ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

So this has been bugging me for a while... When Rashek took the power of Preservation at the WoA, wouldn't he have lost his body like Vin and Sazed? My understanding was that the process of apotheosis basically vaporized one's body. I suppose he could've recreated it, but that always seemed like an unsatisfactory explanation, IMHO... Creating humans required the combined effort of Preservation and Ruin, and I don't see Rashek asking Ruin for help creating a new body =P